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Release No: 717-03September 30, 2003

DoD Identifies Army Casualty

The Department of Defense announced today that Staff Sgt. Christopher E. Cutchall, 30, of McConnellsburg, Pa., was killed on Sept. 29 west of Baghdad, Iraq. Cutchall was traveling in a convoy when an improvised explosive device detonated as his vehicle passed by. He died of injuries sustained in the incident.